Welcome to Year 12 · Mock Exams Week 1 - Monday 22nd February - Friday 26th February Period Monday...

Welcome to Year 12

Parents’ Evening

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WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’

EVENING

WHO DO I NEED TO TALK TO AT PARENTS’ EVENING?

EACH OF YOUR CHILD’S SUBJECT TEACHERS

If your child has more than one teacher for the same subject, please try to see

all of them so that you get a complete picture of their progress in all lessons.

YOUR CHILD’S FORM TUTOR

The form tutor has an overview of your child’s welfare and progress across all

subjects as well as knowing your child’s target grades. Please make sure you

speak with them.

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EVENING

WE EXPECT THAT ALL

STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL AT

LEAST 95% OF THE TIME. FULL

ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL IN

THE FINAL FEW TERMS AT

SCHOOL.

IF YOUR CHILD’S ATTENDANCE

HAS FALLEN BELOW 90%

PLEASE TALK TO THEIR FORM

TUTOR ABOUT WAYS TO

SUPPORT THEM IN IMPROVING

THEIR ATTENDANCE.

HOW SHOULD MY CHILD REVISE FOR

EXAMS?


EVENING

Leaving revision until just before the exams is not an

efficient way of revising. By the time you “revise” you will

have forgotten a lot of what you learned and will actually

be learning it all again from scratch.

A more effective way to prepare for exams is to keep the

knowledge “current” by never allowing the brain to forget it!

Successful students review their learning on a regular

basis:

WHAT DID I LEARN TODAY?

WHAT DID I LEARN THIS WEEK?

WHAT DID I LEARN THIS MONTH?

WHAT DID I LEARN THIS TERM?

IS YOUR CHILD USING THE HOMEWORK DIARY TO HELP THEM ORGANISE THEIR LEARNING?

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU SUPPORT THEM BY READING CHECKING AND SIGNING THE DIARY EVERY WEEK.

WELCOM


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EXAMS?


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Passive learning is not the most effective way to

remember what you have learnt.

Simply reading over your notes over and over again

will not help you to memorise the information.

When your child is revising, encourage them to take a

more active approach:

•Make notes on what they have read

•Write a summary of each page or chapter

•Create a mindmap of the key facts of each topic

•Have an exam question in mind during a revision

session – find all the facts needed for that question

DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR CHILD’S IMPORTANT DEADLINES ARE?

You can support your child if you know their deadlines and remind them when an important deadline or exam is coming up.

Ask your child’s subject teachers for a list of important dates on their courses.


EVENING

YOU WILL FIND A COPY OF YOUR CHILD’S

EXAM TIMETABLE IN YOUR ENVELOPE.


EXAMS?


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Help your child to CONSOLIDATE and APPLY what

they have learnt and PREPARE for exams by

encouraging them to:

•Write detailed essay plans based on exam questions.

Give them a list of questions and allow them 5 minutes

to write the PLAN for each answer (JUST the plan)

•Write a detailed answer to an essay question. Time

how long it takes to answer the question .

•Practise writing this answer more than once to see if

they can develop speed

•See how much of an answer they can write in timed

conditions

IS MY CHILD GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP?

Most teenagers want to stay up late.

However, if they do not get enough sleep at night they will be tired in lessons and will not learn effectively. You can support them to be better learners by making sure they get at least 8 hours sleep every night.

TELL YOUR CHILD THAT YOU ARE TAKING THE MOBILE OUT OF THEIR BEDROOM SO THAT THEY GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP. THEY CAN COLLECT IT IN THE MORNING.

Never allow your child to pull an “all-nighter” revision session the day before an exam. They will be tired in the exam and will forget most of what they learnt.


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EXAMS?


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Revising for long periods without a break does not

work. After about an hour, the brain will stop taking in

new information.

Suggest that they revise for 45 minutes, then spend 5

minutes writing a summary of what they have

achieved.

THEN TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK BEFORE

REPEATING THIS PROCESS.

Three sessions like this, including breaks, will allow them

to remember more than if they tried to revise for 3 hours

non-stop!

HOMEWORK

AS Level students should be

spending an average of five hours per week on homework and private study for every subject.

BTEC students should be spending about 15 hours a week on homework and private study. This should include time spent reviewing what they have learnt and wider reading around their subject.


EVENING

IT’S GOOD TO TALK

You can support your child by

making talking about their

learning a regular part of family

life.

Even if you don’t understand the

subjects they are studying, try to

talk about what they have learnt

and how well their studies are

going.


EVENING

WHAT DID

YOU LEARN

TODAY?

WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD I BE ASKING MY CHILD’S SUBJECT TEACHERS?

WHAT ARE MY CHILDS ALPS GRADE?

WHAT GRADE IS MY CHILD CURRENTLY ON?

WHAT CAN MY CHILD DO TO MOVE UP TO THE NEXT GRADE?

ARE THERE ANY DEADLINES THAT ARE COMING UP SOON?

HAS MY CHILD MISSED ANY DEADLINES?

HOW IS THE COURSE STRUCTURED? WHAT UNITS ARE THERE?

WHICH UNITS LEAD TO EXAMS AND WHICH LEAD TO

COURSEWORK?


EVENING

WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD I BE ASKING MY CHILD’S

SUBJECT TEACHERS?

HAS MY CHILD UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE UNITS? IS THERE A

PARTICULAR TOPIC THAT THEY NEED TO WORK ON?

WHAT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE IN SCHOOL TO HELP MY CHILD

IMPROVE THEIR GRADE?

ARE THERE ANY BOOKS, ONLINE RESOURCES, REVISION

GUIDES, STUDY GROUPS THAT MY CHILD NEEDS TO BE AWARE

OF?

WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT MY CHILD IN YOUR SUBJECT?


EVENING

WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD I BE ASKING MY CHILD’S FORM TUTORS?

DOES MY CHILD ATTEND AT LEAST 90% OF LESSONS?

IS MY CHILD’S PUNCTUALITY TO LESSONS GOOD?

IS MY CHILD FOCUSED ON THEIR LEARNING WHEN THEY ARE IN SCHOOL?

HOW WELL DOES MY CHILD USE THEIR STUDY TIME IN SCHOOL?

HOW DO MY CHILD’S GRADES COMPARE TO THEIR TARGET GRADES?

WHAT GRADES DO THEY NEED FOR THE UNIVERSITIES THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR? ARE THEY LIKELY TO ACHIEVE THESE GRADES?

WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT MY CHILD WITH THEIR LEARNING ACROSS ALL OF THEIR SUBJECTS?


EVENING

You can download a copy of the

information from this

presentation from the school

website

www.loxford.net

UCAS CALENDAR

EXTERNAL DEADLINES INTERNAL DEADLINES

Date Event Date Event

15-Oct EARLY ENTRANTS UCAS deadline to have submitted all applications with references & grades

15-Jun UCAS Subject Reports open

15-Jan UCAS deadline to have submitted all applications with references & grades 25-Jun UCAS Subject Reports close

25-Feb UCAS Extra begins 29-Jun UCAS Tutor Reports open

24-Mar UCAS deadline for Art & Design applications references & grades 10-Jul UCAS Tutor Reports close

31-Mar MOST (not all) offers should be received Sept-Oct

Year Team meetings on Personal Statement Checking

06-May FIRM and INSURANCE choices must be made if all offers received by 31 Mar 02-Oct

Early Entrants internal deadline for applicants to have paid & sent

07-May Final date for offers to be made 02-Nov Personal Statements to Tutors

04-Jun FIRM and INSURANCE choices made IF offers not received until 7 May 01-Dec

Internal deadline for all applicants to have paid & sent

30-Jun “Late” deadline – after this any late applications go straight into clearing

12-Nov-4-Dec Extra staff in PSHE to help with statements

04-Jul Extra closes

16-Jul Final date for offers, including Extra

13-Aug Results Day & Clearing opens

31-Aug Deadline to meet conditions of offers, Adjustment ends

20-Oct Clearing ends

As a school, we encourage all students to seriously consider applying to higher

education. All students must write a UCAS statement and investigate what courses

are available to them with their predicted grades.

However, we understand that some students, having explored the courses open to

them, genuinely do not want to go to university. If you now find yourself in this

situation, it is important that you let us know so that we can support you in seeking

the next stage in your education, training or employment.

Please let your form tutor know if you are not going to apply to university so that

appropriate information, advice and guidance can be given. You may also want to

check out the website www.notgoingtouni.co.uk

Tuition Fee Loans

You can take out a tuition fee loan to cover the cost of your fees,

which can be anything up to £9000 per year

It is paid directly to the University on your behalf

You need to apply for the amount the university is charging

Non-means tested – everybody gets this regardless of income

Repay after you have left your course and are earning over £21,000.

Like a “Graduate Tax” rather than a loan as taken straight from your

wages. More about repayment later.

PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY

Living Cost (Maintenance) Loans

To help with living and learning costs at university

Paid directly into the student’s bank account

Paid directly to you in 3 instalments – one each term

Amount depends on family income (means-tested)


Living Cost Loans 2015

Where will you be living? Maximum Loan

London £7,675

Elsewhere

(living away from home but not in

London)

£5,500

Home £4,375


Living Cost (Maintenance) Grant

Up to £3,354 for family incomes up to £25,000

A partial grant is available for family incomes between

£25,000 and £42,600

Means tested

Non-repayable

Paid into your bank account in 3 instalments – one each term


Household Income Living Cost Grant Living Cost Loan Total

£25,000 or less £3,354 £3,823 £7,177

£30,000 £2,416 £4,292 £6,708

£35,000 £1,478 £4,761 £6,239

£40,000 £540 £5,230 £5,770

£45,000 £0 £5,288 £5,288

£50,000 £0 £4,788 £4,788

£55,000 £0 £4,288 £4,288

£60,000 £0 £3,788 £3,788

£62,125 £0 £3,575* £3,575

For a student living away from home (not in London). *£3,575 is the minimum loan.


Applying for Financial Support Apply for student finance online – dates and deadlines not yet

announced, should be early 2013 -

www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance

Apply before the deadline in order to guarantee your money for the

start of term.

You will need a UK Bank account, your National Insurance Number

and Passport number

Supply your parent(s’) income details – you may get more support if

you submit household income information


Mock Exams

Mock exams run from 22nd February to 4th

March.

Students must be on time and fully prepared.

There is NO study leave: students are expected

to be in their normal lessons whenever they do

not have an examination.

We expect all students to do their best in these

exams. All students must revise.

Mock Exams Week 1 - Monday 22nd February - Friday 26th February

Period Monday 22nd Feb Tuesday 23rd Feb Wednesday 24th Feb Thursday 25th Feb Friday 26th Feb

1 AS Art - All Day A2 Art - All Day

AS Citizenship (1h 30m)

A2 Urdu (2h 30m)

A2 French (2h 30m)

AS Photography - All Day

AS English Lit (2h)

AS Lang & Lit (2h) 2

AS Govt & Politics (1h 20m)

A2 Govt & Politics (1h 30m)

AS Computing (1h 30m)

A2 Computing (2h)

AS Geography (2h)

A2 Geography (2h 30m)

A2 Drama (2h 30m)

A2 Spanish (2h 30m)

AS Sociology (1h)

A2 Sociology (2h)

Break

3

AS Applied Business (1h)

A2 Applied Business (1h 30m) AS Economics (1h 30m)

A2 Economics (1h 30m) AS RE (1h 15)

A2 RE (1h 45m) AS Physics (1h 30m)

A2 Physics (1h 30m) Maths S1 (1h 30m)

Maths S2 (1h 30m) 4

Lunch

5

AS Electronics (1h 15m)

A2 Electronics (1h 30m)

AS Law (1h 30m)

A2 Law (1h 30m)

AS Law (1h 30m)

A2 Law (1h 30m) A2 Media (1h)

Further Maths FP1 (1h 30m)

Further Maths FP2 (1h 30m)

Week 2 - Monday 29th February - Friday 4th March

Period Monday 29th February Tuesday 1st March Wednesday 2nd March Thursday 3rd March Friday 4th March

AS & A2 Textiles (all day) AS & A2 Textiles (all day)

Maths C1 (1h 30m)

Maths C3 (1h 30m) Maths C2 (1h 30m)

Maths C4 (1h 30m)

AS Media (2h 30m)

AS French (2h 30m)

AS Spanish (2h 30m)

AS Urdu (2h 30m)

1

AS Biology (1h 30m)

A2 Biology (1h 30m)

AS Product Design (1h 30m)

A2 Product Design (2h)

AS Economics (1h 30m)

A2 Economics (2h) 2

You can download a copy of the

information from this

presentation from the school

website

www.loxford.net

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